Ted Kalal is a practicing reliability engineer who has    gained much of his understanding of reliability from    hands-on experience and from many great mentors. He    is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (1981) in    Business Administration after completing much    preliminary study in mathematics, physics, and    electronics. He has held many positions as a contract    engineer and as a consultant, where he was able to    focus on design, quality, and reliability tasks. He has authored several papers on electronic circuitry, HALT, and holds a patent in the field of power electronics. With two partners, he started a small manufacturing company that makes hi-tech power supplies and other scientific apparatus for the bioresearch community. In 1999, he joined Teradyne, Inc. as a Reliability Manager. In 2005 he joined Flextronics as the Director of product Assurance & Reliability Engineering. He is presently a reliability consultant for global clients.

Mark Levin & Ted Kalal were collaborators at Teradyne, Inc. in Agoura Hills, CA where together they coauthored "IMPROVING PRODUCT RELIABILITY". The work is intended for engineering managers and company owners who see a need to: Lower Warranty Costs - Increase Customer Satisfaction - Speed Time to Market - Promote Re-Orders - Add Reliability as a "COMPETATIVE ADVANTAGE" as part of their product mix.